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book reports

My daughter is in the fifth grade, is it wrong that I've never had her do a book report? My husband keeps asking when will she do them and I keep saying eventually, maybe. She hates writing a lot and this year she is learning typing. It is also the first year she has started to enjoy reading.

My girls did them starting in Kinder. We would read a book together and then they would copy the title and author down (as best they could) and draw a picture about the story. We have progressed them each year. They now write full book reports but still have the option of illustrating them of course. lol

My son is in 5th, and he hasn't done a book report yet. He has Asperger's, so it's difficult for him to write a large amount. He is learning to type, as well, so I'll probably wait to assign a book report after he is comfortable on the keyboard. Or you could start off with a book report worksheet. I have one that includes spaces for: book title, author, genre, main character description, and theme. Then it gives several lines for a one paragraph description of the book. This may be a good way to get her used to the idea.

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